Alfstad Capital Brand Identity Design, Part 2

Alfstad Capital, is a boutique investment firm who works with community banks to manage their fixed-income portfolios. They hired Blank Space to create a new brand identity design system. Our identity design process is outlined in part one of this post. We have applied the identity design to their new website, pictured below. The photography … Continued

Dear Pablo Picasso, Thanks for visiting Seattle.

I enjoyed seeing your personal collection as it made its U.S. debut here in Seattle. Over 400,000 lucky people experienced this thoughtfully curated show at the SAM, which showcased Picasso’s explorations of visual art and what it meant to be a modern artist. Here is a very small sampling from one decade of his life. … Continued

Just the Fax, Ma’am

Our December was busy busy busy. Of course it was, holidays and all. We did a lot of work too. And we paddled 35 miles through Everglades National Park. Quite the ending to 2010. One thing I did in December was enroll Blank Space in the Apple iOS Developer Program. The process went smooth as … Continued

My favorite art walk of the year.

December’s First Thursday Art Walk in Pioneer Square is tomorrow. Local artists have worked hard to showcase their best works. People are cheerful and in the giving spirit.  It’s opportunity to support local artists, find unique gifts, and support local charities and non-profits. Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll find this Thursday, December 2nd. Ryan … Continued

Tree of Codes—A Fusion of Visual Arts and Literature by Jonathan Safran Foer

Book printers said Jonathan Safran Foer’s new interactive book was “unmakeable.” Thankfully, Belgian publishing house Die Keure proved them wrong. Trees of Codes is an interactive sculptural book, reminiscent to the cut-up technique popularized by author William S. Burroughs. Foer and his collaborators at Die Keure in Belgium took the pages of another book, Bruno … Continued

Manifold Motion’s Under—Immersive Art Inspired by Lichens, Fungi, Moss and Mold.

Descend into a dark and beguiling re-imagination of natural growth, decay, disease, and perseverance. Spanning three rooms of Inscape, Under combines interactive installation, video, dance, sculptural costuming, and original music. Journey through this mysterious world, explore, and engage with the environment, and witness performances by Under’s unusual inhabitants. Under is collaboratively conceived of and created … Continued

New Website Design for the National Park Service

We are happy to see the launch of NPS’s Technical Preservation Services (TPS) new website. TPS is an amazing public resource for all things regarding preserving our nation’s historic buildings. Blank Space developed the UI design, HTML and CSS code, and the graphic illustrations. Case studies highlighting successful tax incentives projects and projects that combined historic rehabilitation and green building … Continued